A Palestinian protester runs with his clothes on fire after he tried to throw a Molotov cocktail at Israeli troops during clashes at a protest against Israel's operations in Gaza Strip, at Qalandya checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

A Burmese worker is seen in a flag shop surrounded by American flags as the city gets excited for the first visit of President Obama. Obama will become the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar during his four-day tour of Southeast Asia that will also include visits to Thailand and Cambodia.

A mine foreman at a coal mine in Agujita. According to the Mining Chamber of Mexico, the country produces 15 million tons of coal annually, with the bulk of the coal being used for power generation and steel production.

War veterans celebrate during the live broadcast from the International War Crimes Tribunal in Zagreb's main square. Appeals judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have overturned the convictions of two Croat generals, Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed against Serb civilians in a 1995 military blitz.

Kashmiri Muslim women comfort a wailing woman during a funeral procession in Srinagar. An unidentified gunmen Thursday opened fire at a liquor shop on the banks of Dal Lake, killing one and injuring four more.

Pictures in the News | November 16, 2012

Friday’s Pictures in the News begins in the Middle East, where Israeli troops fire tear gas at Palestinian protesters during clashes at a protest against Israel’s operations in Gaza Strip. Other images include a Palestinian protester running with his clothes on fire after he tried to throw a Molotov cocktail at Israeli troops; Palestinian medical workers wheeling a wounded boy into al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City; and a young Palestinian boy crying as he sits outside his home, which was damaged following an Israeli air strike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. More photos of the conflict

In Asia, a novice Buddhist monk enters a temple for prayers during the annual festival of sacred dances at the Hemis monastery in India; Cambodian police officers stand guard outside the Peace Palace, the venue selected for the 21st Assn. of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in Phnom Penh; and a Burmese worker is surrounded by American flags as the city gets excited for the first visit of President Obama in Yangon.

Elsewhere, ice crystals are visible on a branch of a fir tree and future Christmas tree at a field of the Werder Fir tree farm in Germany; a photographer takes pictures in front of a painting titled “Head of an Old Man” during an exhibition preview of work by contemporary artist Zeng Fanzhi in London; and a man feeds a sparrow in the garden of El Prado museum in Madrid.